City size comparison

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Chicago is about 4.8 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 376% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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